First floor goes up!

Here is the truck arriving with all our exterior wall and roof panels. You can read more about the process at the SIPs website, but basically it is two boards with foam piped in between. And, in the foam they have cut channels for all the wiring to go through.

We have had a lot of huge machines at the lot. This bif forklift unloaded all the SIPs panels and stacked them throughout the lot.

Here is stack number one.

Stack number two.

Stack number three.

This is Kevin installing the foundation drains. Again, I am amazed at the things he can do. I wouldn 't even have known that foundations needed drains. This is why he is in charge of the house!

The panels for the outside walls are put up on the lip they attach to the top of the foundation, or to the top of the sub floor. This is a garage wall they are installing here.

They hoist it up.

Put it into place.

Then they sledge hammer it to make sure it is on tight. Then they nail it to the surrounding boards, and caulk everything. My mom says that our house is "tight like unto a dish."

Here is Kevin in boy heaven building his house.